Introduction to Indian Art

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Pages: 136 (44 B/W Illustrations)From the Jacket "Today, if India takes her due rank as a first-class artistic power, it is in large measure owing to Coomaraswamy"-so said the distinguished British artist, Sir William Rothenstein of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, the celebrated author of this work. To know the magnitude and quality of the work done by this great savant is to know the truth and value of this tribute. His pioneering work put the long neglected Art of India before the world of art where it holds its well-merited proper place. Coomaraswamy was more than an "art-critic," He interpreted the philosophia perennis through the medium of the arts.In his autobiography Eric Gill writes, "He (Coomaraswamy) has written truth.with such wisdom and understanding. "Coomaraswamy's bibliography consists of over 500 books and articles, in each of these he illuminates the soul (bija) of t